Another moment a great wave lifted the vessel, and on its crest she went thundering forward.

The rocks seemed to leap up against the spar to which Roger clung.

It snapped off just below his feet, then a great volume of water and spray shot up from below, and he was thrown high into the air.

The wind caught him and carried him away inland, and he fell, with a crash that left him senseless.
It was long before he recovered consciousness.

As soon as he did so, he crawled on his hands and knees to the edge of the cliff, and looked down.